PT-2018-12248 · Ibm · Gskit+1

Published 2018-02-07 · Updated 2018-12-20 · CVE-2018-1388

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GSKit V7 GSKit (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue may disclose side channel information via discrepancies between valid and invalid PKCS#1 padding. Additionally, the GSKit CMS KDB logic fails to salt the hash function, resulting in weaker than expected protection of passwords, which may allow a weak password to be recovered.

Recommendations For GSKit V7, update to a version that addresses the issue and change passwords to ensure they are stored more securely. For other affected versions of GSKit, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1388

Affected Products

Gskit

Ibm Aix

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1388 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138212 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22013022 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1388 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103698 · Note